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CPS: 'Sufficient evidence' to charge Nigel Evans

The Crown Prosecution Service said there was "sufficient evidence" and that it is in the "public interest to charge Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans with a number of sexual offences.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said:

Following an investigation by Lancashire police, the Crown Prosecution Service has received a file of evidence in the case of Mr Nigel Evans MP which concerns allegations of a sexual nature.

After careful consideration, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to prosecute Mr Evans. Lancashire Constabulary has therefore been authorised to charge two counts of indecent assault, five counts of sexual assault and one count of rape relating to a total of seven alleged victims.